<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp4a2167fdyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">With so much sad and bad news, Jerry and I wanted to share something that made us feel good about what some of our business neighbors are willing to do. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Jerry and I decided to provide dinner<font color="#050505"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> to the incredibly talented and devoted weekend night shift staff in Washington Hospital Center's Covid ICU. We had enjoyed several delicious gourmet takeout meals from </span></font><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-0-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="">Bistro Bis (</span></span><span class="ydp1b6cad63py34i1dx" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-1-0" style=""><span data-text="true" style="">http://bistrobis.com/</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style=""><span data-text="true" style=""><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> 15 E ST NW, DC) and we really like the owner and staff. I was not sure that more casual Saturday night "box dinners" would be their thing. However, when I presented the possibility to the owner, Jeff Buben, his </span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">response</span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> was, "</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">absolutely</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, we want to partner with you."</span></font></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style=""><span data-text="true" style=""><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">From delicious appetizers, amazing sandwiches, homemade chips, and Opera Cake, to a lovely note of appreciation on each of the 30 dinners, Bistro Bis went above and beyond. They even </span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">accommodated</span></font><font color="#050505" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> vegetarian and gluten free staff members. Needless to say, the ICU staff was very pleased to have all of their hard work acknowledged, even in this admittedly small way.</span></font></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style=""><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="">Thank you Jeff, Memo, Adrian and the other Bistro Bis team members. FYI, their gourmet multicourse takeout dinners are truly fabulous. </span></span></font><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style=""><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="">Roberta and Jerry</span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style=""><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style=""><span></span><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style=""><br><span></span><span></span><span></span><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style=""><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:00a7b6ce-fd1d-b6a6-92f1-cebc2eba0ee7@yahoo.com" class="yahoo-inline-image yahoo-loading" draggable="false" style="max-width: 800px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" data-id="<00a7b6ce-fd1d-b6a6-92f1-cebc2eba0ee7@yahoo.com>"><br><span></span><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span data-offset-key="ae9q3-2-0" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style=""><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:33212a81-4456-61ed-bf22-c58a92e8f212@yahoo.com" class="yahoo-inline-image" draggable="false" style="max-width: 400px; width: 50%;" data-id="<33212a81-4456-61ed-bf22-c58a92e8f212@yahoo.com>"><br><span></span><br></span></span></font></div><div class="ydp4a2167fdsignature" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><strong><font size="3"><font face="verdana"><br></font></font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="3"><font face="verdana">Roberta Shapiro</font><br></font></strong></div><div><font face="arial">Mobile 205-901-7415 <br>email </font><a href="mailto:rshapiro1153@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font face="arial">rshapiro1153@yahoo.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>